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PDFelement vs PDF Pro: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 6th, 2025
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Summary
Features in PDF Editor
11
Best performer
17
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Annotations
  • Commenting/Notes
3
17
User satisfaction
4.4
User reviews433
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.1
4.4
User reviews12
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
3.9
Customer support
4.3
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Individuals, small businesses, and organizations needing to work with PDF files like editing, converting, signing, and annotating.

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1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Travis W
Marketing Manager
4.0

Speaker 1: Hi, I am Travis. I'm marketing manager for an air compressor company. The size is about 25 employees, and with one, to share PDFelement, I would give it about a four out of five on a scale. Before using PDFelement, I was using the free version of Adobe Acrobat, and it was working for some stuff, but I still needed more features, which Adobe blocks behind the paywall. So I switched to PDFelement, which was super affordable, and had all the features that I needed for the basic use case scenarios, and it did a really good job at doing all the basics really well. I chose PDFelement because of the job that it does at recognizing text in a PDF that wasn't really meant to be editable. So when you go into a PDF and you just want to edit some text, or even pull an image out, or replace an image, it was pretty easy to do that and makes those types of jobs really quick and easy. So to implement PDFelement it was pretty easy, straightforward, because I've already used Wondershare programs in the past. All I needed to do was log in, pay for the upgrade, and then just download the software and get into it, and it was pretty straightforward from there. If you're looking to get PDF element and implement it in your organization or just for individual use, I would recommend it. However, if you're using a lot of Adobe products, I probably would gear towards the Adobe Acrobat program, just because if you create something in the Adobe ecosystem, you're likely using Adobe fonts and then those are kind of difficult to convert over when you're using a different PDF editor. So it kind of depends on the ecosystem you're in. If you don't really use a lot of Adobe products outside of that, then I think PDFelement would be much more cost-effective and better overall.

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PDFelement

Top Features
11/17
  • Customizable Branding
  • Delete Pages
  • Forms Management
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Rotate Pages
  • Side-by-Side Comparison
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Annotations
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Convert to PDF
  • Electronic Signature
  • Full Text Search
  • Image Editing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Text Editing
  • Watermarking
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PDFelement
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PDF Pro
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PDFelement
  • By Wondershare
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2003
PDF Pro
  • By Zipity Software
  • Located in Canada
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